| Roberto Valero | |
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| Born | 1955 Matanzas, Matanzas Province, Cuba |
| Died | September 23, 1994 Washington, DC, U.S. |
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| Period | 1980–1994 |
| Genre | poetry, novel |
| Spouse | Maria Badias Valero |
Roberto Valero (1955 – September 23, 1994) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and educator.
Life
Roberto Valero was born in Matanzas Province. He attended the University of Havana before leaving Cuba during the Mariel Boatlift in 1980.
He received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University and taught at George Washington University.
Along with Reinaldo Arenas and Reinaldo Garcia Ramos, Valero created the seminal Mariel journal.
He was the 1989 recipient of the Letras de Oro Literary Prize from the University of Miami for his book on Reinaldo Arenas.
Valero's work has been compared to that of Federico García Lorca.
Valero also published under the pseudonym of "Julio Real".
Writings
Poetry
- Desde un oscuro ángulo/From a Dark Angle (1982)
- En fin, la noche/At Last, the Night (1984)
- Dharma (1985) with an introduction by Eugenio Florit
- Venías/You Were Coming (1990)
- No estaré en tu camino/I Will Not Be On Your Path (1991)
Novels
- Este Viento De Cuaresma/This Lenten Wind (1994) with an introduction by Reinaldo Arenas
Criticiscm
- El Desamparado Humor De Reinaldo Arenas/The Homeless Humor of Reinaldo Arenas (1991)
See also
References
- http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/arenas-and-valero/ Beltway Poetry Quarterly Volume 15:4, Fall 2014 "Reinaldo Arenas and Roberto Valero: Friends and Exiles in Washington, DC"
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622120/Roberto-Valero Encyclopædia Britannica article on Roberto Valero
- https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/93/9319/myth.html Tyranny and Myth Cuban Poet Roberto Valero Reads at LC - Library of Congress
- http://cintasfoundation.org/index.php/fellows/creative-writers/218-roberto-valero Cintas biographical sketch on Valero
- https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/93/9319/myth.html Tyranny and Myth Cuban Poet Roberto Valero Reads at LC - Library of Congress
- http://cintasfoundation.org/index.php/fellows/creative-writers/218-roberto-valero Cintas biographical sketch on Valero
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622120/Roberto-Valero Encyclopædia Britannica article on Roberto Valero
- Handbook of Hispanic Culture-Literature by Nicolás Kanellos, Arte Publico Press (1993) page 57-58
Further reading
English
- Tyranny and Myth (Library of Congress archived reading by Valero) / 1993
External links
- Beltway Poetry Quarterly article on Valero and Arenas
- Encyclopædia Britannica profile for Roberto Valero
- 1955 births
- 1994 deaths
- American magazine editors
- American writers of Cuban descent
- American male poets
- Cuban exiles
- 20th-century Cuban novelists
- 20th-century Cuban poets
- Cuban male novelists
- Cuban refugees
- George Washington University faculty
- LGBTQ Hispanic and Latino American people
- Hispanic and Latino American poets
- Hispanic and Latino American novelists
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American poets
- Poets from Washington, D.C.
- Cuban expatriates in the United States
- American male novelists
- American male non-fiction writers
- Cuban male poets
- 20th-century American male writers